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Old 03-22-2012, 11:50 PM   #5
vijay
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Originally Posted by #90-GTSC View Post
"Not concerned about wheel base length being long etc, longer the better." Be very, very careful with the wheelbase, especially if you're going to 45 feet. Look at the capacity of your front axle. If its only 12,000#, you could exceed that very quickly with a long wheelbase that doesn't have much weight behind the rear axles, especially if you have two huge fuel tanks (like 150 gallons) under the cab doors (as far forward as possible) and have batteries, generator, and water tanks forward. You need to think about weight and balance, just like an air plane to make sure you don't overload your front axle.

Good luck. Keep us posted.
Yes, that makes sense, very good point. However, I need this project to be able to go a little off road. So, I really cannot have too much overhang.
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